The Pakistani government has ordered an inquiry into the flogging of a 17-year-old woman by Taliban militants in the troubled Swat valley, after public outrage triggered by shocking video footage of the punishment.

This was the title of the parallel session at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, in which the Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women! presented the following talk on 6 March.

With clear evidence of political interference in Ms Mai's case it is uncertain when her case will be heard again, and her legal team are only advised in the last minute by the judiciary. Please see the letter of thanks for the support Ms Mai and her family have received: